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Open Thread

by BooMan
Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 02:00:12 PM EST

Dolphin copulation happens belly to belly and though many species engage in lengthy foreplay, the actual act is usually only brief, but may be repeated several times within a short timespan. The gestation period varies per species; for the small Tucuxi dolphin, this period is around 11 to 12 months, while for the Orca the gestation period is around 17 months. They usually become sexually active at a young age, even before reaching sexual maturity. The age at which sexual maturity is reached varies per species and gender.
Dolphins are known to have sex for reasons other than reproduction, sometimes also engaging in acts of a homosexual nature.[22] Various dolphin species have been known to engage in sexual behaviour with other dolphin species,[22] this also having resulted in various hybrid dolphin species as mentioned earlier. Sexual encounters may be violent, with male dolphins sometimes showing aggressive behaviour towards both females and other male dolphins.[22][23] Occasionally, dolphins will also show sexual behaviour towards other animals, including humans.

What's on your mind?

Open Thread | 17 comments (17 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Open Thread (4.00 / 6)

Dolphins are now going both ways? The gay agenda is out of control.

by liberaljournal on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 02:27:08 PM EST

Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

Nature or nurture?

John McCain - Punked by Paris

by ask on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 03:10:11 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

by liberaljournal on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 03:21:13 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

Is that the Supply Side Jesus?

Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music. (George Carlin)

by tampopo on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 03:28:32 PM EST
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LOL (none / 1)

Tampopo Supply Side Jesus is hilarious! Except when you think he actually walks among us. I like the Jesus that got crucified he seemed like a good person.

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; now we know that it is bad economics;" - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

by Salunga on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 05:25:40 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

...I go down to Speaker's Corner I'm thunderstruck
they got free speech, tourists, police in trucks
two men say they're Jesus, one of them must be wrong
there's a protest singer he's singing a protest song - he says
'they wanna have a war to keep their factories
they wanna have a war to keep us on our knees
they wanna have a war to stop us buying Japanese
they wanna have a war to stop Industrial Disease
they're pointing out the enemy to keep you deaf and blind
they wanna sap your energy, incarcerate your mind
they give you Rule Brittania, gassy beer, page three
two weeks in Espana and Sunday striptease'
meanwhile the first Jesus says 'I'd cure it soon
abolish monday mornings and friday afternoons'
the other one's on a hunger strike he's dying by degrees
how come Jesus gets Industrial Disease?
Dire Straits

the revolution will not be televised...Peace

by dada on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 05:29:17 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (none / 1)

Hey, he's just another community organizer.

by Bob In Pacifica on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 05:12:32 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (4.00 / 5)

This explains the whole swimming with dolphins fad.

"Don't waste your time on the clowns, watch the real show"

by Second Nature on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 02:29:29 PM EST

Re: Open Thread (none / 1)

Well, Booman, we can tell what's on YOUR mind!

by Heart of the Rockies on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 02:12:34 PM EST

Re: Open Thread (none / 1)

well, they are kind of cute.

by BooMan on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 02:15:42 PM EST
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Uh... (4.00 / 3)

So long, and thanks for all the fish?

Maybe explains the tiny tots and pregnant women!

Presumptuous is the new uppity.

by AP on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 02:50:06 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

Who knew? Who cares.

by John Brown (ruptured_duck@notmail.com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 02:24:57 PM EST

Palin's Daughter (none / 1)

Maybe that's how she got pregnant, by an orca. Oh, I forgot, her mother's the orca.

by The Voice In The Wilderness on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 06:06:54 PM EST

Re: Palin's Daughter (none / 0)

With lipstick! Oh I'm cracking myself up. Maybe I'm just mean and crazy. No, no its the damn liberal press. Its my family dammit. We will only condemn if its your family without the "common sense" to hire a nanny. I'm rich dammit and screw you. I got my money its God's design. Oh my church is so sweet and nice. God bless me! I'm the Palin you feel everyday. I'm the Palin you feel when you ask for justice and common decency. I'm the freaking Palin that makes you cry. I am Palin! Now watch me beget more Palin!

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; now we know that it is bad economics;" - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

by Salunga on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 07:14:40 PM EST
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Re: Palin's Daughter (none / 0)

Oh and you better like it or God is going to get you. Sorry didn't mean to be a Palin.

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; now we know that it is bad economics;" - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

by Salunga on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 07:16:28 PM EST
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Taste Of The Pres. Debates.............. (none / 1)

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Bring our Veterans All the Way Back - PTSD

by jimstaro (jmstaroathotmail.com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 07:41:11 PM EST

Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

Carl Hiaasen puts the article Booman references to start this thread to good use in Tourist Season.

He's a good writer. I've found each of his books to be funny and engaging.

by robertdsc on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 09:22:34 PM EST

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